Journalism's Been A Continuing Course In Adult

Democracy Doesn't Begin At The Top; It Begins At The Bottom, When Flesh-and-blood Human Beings Fight To Rekindle What Arlo Guthrie Calls 'the Patriot's Dream.

If You Think There Is Freedom Of The Press In The United States, I Tell You There Is No Freedom Of The Press... They Come Out With The Cheap Shot. The Press Should Be Ashamed Of Itself. They Should Come To Both Sides Of The Issue And Hear Both Sides And Let The American People Make Up Their Minds

Presidents Are Afraid To Lose Wars. They're Afraid To Be Outflanked On The Right By The Militarists. They Don't Want To Be Seen As Soft On Either Communism Or Soft On Terrorism Or Whatever. So Presidents Are Constantly Tugged Away From Their Domestic Commitments To Foreign Policy.

I've Lived Long Enough To See The Triumph Of Zealots And Absolutists, To Watch Money Swallow Politics, To Witness The Rise Of The Corporate State. See The Party Of Working And Poor People Become A Sycophant Of Crony Capitalism. Watch The Union Of Church And State Become Fashionable Again. Witness The Coupling Of News And Entertainment. See Everyday People Cast Overboard As The Pirates And Predators Of Wall Street Seized The Ship Of State. I Didn't Drift; I Moved Left Just By Standing Still.

Empty Your Knapsack Of All Adjectives, Adverbs And Clauses That Slo Your Stride And Weaken Your Pace. Travel Light. Remember The Most Memorable Sentences In The English Language Are Also The Shortest: "the King Is Dead" And "jesus Wept."